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Dielectric Radome Sizes

As general design rule, radome diameter is approximately 150 percent of the antenna
diameter for prime focus and cassegrain (sub-reflector) type antennas.
For offset antennas, use 225 percent of the antenna diameter.

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Radome Sizes
Equatorial Diameter Base Diameter Radome Height Center Height Number
of Panels
meters feet meters feet meters feet meters feet
0.9 3.0 0.9 3.0 0.9 2.9 0.4 1.4 1
1.8 6.0 1.8 6.0 2.1 7.0 1.2 4.0 1
2.3 7.5 2.3 7.5 3.0 10.0 1.5 5.0 4
2.6 8.4 2.6 8.4 2.6 8.5 1.3 4.3 4
2.9 9.6 2.9 9.6 2.8 9.2 1.3 4.4 4
3.7 12 2.7 8.9 3.0 10.0 1.2 4.0 6
5.5 18.0 3.9 12.7 4.7 15.4 1.9 6.4 12
6.7 22.0 5.6 18.4 5.2 17.0 1.8 6.0 21
8.0 26.4 6.5 21.4 6.4 21.0 2.4 8.0 55
9.5 31.0 6.6 21.8 7.8 25.7 3.1 10.2 75
10.7
3-Layer Sandwich
or Solid Laminate
35
3-Layer Sandwich
or Solid Laminate
8.3 27.3 8.7 28.5 3.3 11.0 110
10.7
Dielectric Radome
Any DSF Type
35
Dielectric Radome
Any DSF Type
8.7 28.4 8.6 28.3 3.2 10.6 160
12.6 41.4 8.8 28.7 10.9 35.6 4.5 14.9 160
14.9 48.8 11.4 37.3 12.2 40.2 4.8 15.9 275
15.8 52.0 12.1 39.7 13.0 42.8 5.1 16.8 275
17.2 56.3 12.2 39.9 14.6 47.8 12.2 39.9 285
18.6 61.0 14.7 48.2 15.0 49.2 5.7 18.7 410
20.7 68.0 16.2 53.1 16.8 55.2 6.5 21.2 425
21.5 70.5 17.3 56.8 17.1 56.1 6.4 20.9 425
23.0 75.5 19.3 63.2 17.8 58.4 6.3 20.7 425
28.3 93.0 19.6 64.1 24.4 80.2 10.3 33.7 840
29.6 97.1 23.7 77.7 23.7 77.7 8.9 21.3 840
33.5 110.0 23.0 75.5 28.9 94.8 12.4 39.8 1100
Other custom sizes available. These radomes are available as standard dielectric
or as impedance matched dielectric radomes.

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